Enfield Energy Centre - 400 MW Single Shaft CCGT – IPP
Project
Project Introduction
Client: Enfield Energy Centre Ltd (Indeck
Energy/NRG Energy/El Paso Energy)
Project Background
Indeck Energy, NRG Energy and El Paso Energy
were joint developers of a 400MW single shaft CCGT plant located at
Enfield, Middlesex and known as the Enfield Energy Centre.
The main elements of the plant are an ABB GT26 gas turbine with
advanced sequential combustion technology, an ABB steam turbine and
a TEI heat recovery steam generator.
Enfield is among the first power projects in the UK designed
specifically to operate on a merchant basis,,supplying electricity
into the UK electricity pool.
Project Scope
As Owner’s Engineer, the Scott Wilson team
provided the following services:
- Multi-disciplinary technical audit of turnkey
contractor’s designs.
- Management of interconnection to National
Grid Company’s 275/132kV network, and liaison with NGC’s
installation and commissioning contractor.
- Overseeing Grid Code Compliance.
Value Adding Project
Achievements
The project developer/owner was a consortium
of American companies unfamiliar with development of projects in
the United Kingdom.
The GT26 gas turbine was a new development for
ABB. The Enfield Energy Centre was the first application of this
new technology into a commercial operation.
The Scott Wilson team added value to the
project by providing the necessary United Kingdom skills in respect
of the Grid Code Compliance and in addition provided a constructive
and objective review of the design and compilation of the project
quality documentation, taking into account the nature of the new
technology. Scott Wilson team provided expert advice during the
extended commissioning of the project and the activity resulted in
a sound commercial independent power project for the developer /
owner.
